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11 000 Covid-19 safety kits to be rolled out to Western Cape businesses

17 June 2020

Today (17 June 2020), I visited Calypso Square in Mitchells Plain and handed out the first of the 11 000 Covid-19 Business Safety Kits that will be distributed to businesses across the Western Cape to support them to implement the necessary health measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 in the workplace.

The Covid-19 Business Safety Kit has been designed to enable Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) and informal traders to operate their business safely and responsibly, with each kit containing:

  • Two bottles of alcohol-based hand sanitiser
  • Ten re-usable cloth face masks
  • Information posters on preparing and staying safe before work, how to be safe at work and while taking breaks, and what to do when returning home from work
  • Leaflets for customers on shopping safely

These 11 000 Covid-19 Business Safety Kits will primarily be distributed to SMMEs and informal traders in hotspot areas across the province, and will supplement the SMME COVID-19 Toolkits already being distributed by the City of Cape Town.

For us to ensure that businesses remain open and more people get back to work, it is important that everyone adhere to the critical safety measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 in the workplace.

The launch of the Covid-19 Business Safety Kits is one more way that we are working hard to support businesses, to save jobs and save the economy in the Western Cape during the Covid-19 crisis.

We have a number of valuable resources for employers and employees to reduce the risk of Covid-19 in the workplace, which can be found on the Western Cape government’s website.

For employers:

For employees:

For any questions on implementing safety guidelines in the workplace, businesses can email us at supportbusiness@wesgro.co.za

Media Enquiries: 

Francine Higham
Spokesperson for the Provincial Minister of Finance and Economic Opportunities
(Responsible for the Provincial Treasury and the Department of Economic Development and Tourism)
Tel: 021 483 4327
Cell: 071 087 5150
Email: francine.higham@westerncape.gov.za